Bazzite Rog Ally X: Boot into Windows from external ssd
Hi! Here is what I did:
- Bought Asus Rog Ally X and a 2TB Gen4 SSD
- Removed the SSD the Ally X came with (with Windows installed, I did activated and made updates to Windows & Rog Ally from it)
- Installed the new 2TB SSD and did a fresh Bazzite install (not dual booting). Also, disabled Secure Boot from bios and made the Bazzite install.
- Placed original SSD with Windows in external SSD enclosure
- Tried to boot into Windows by plugin external enclosure to Ally Rog... But it boots into this BitLocker thing. Restarted, went back to bios and enabled back Secure Boot on it, restarted but same thing.
- Logged into my Microsoft account (the one I activated Windows with on the Ally X initially) and was able to get a long numeric code which supposedly unlock the BitLocker thing. Coded was entered correctly, but when it restarts, it logs back into a blue screen saying that it can't log into Windows.
I'm stuck there. My questions:
- Is it possible to boot into Windows the way I want to do it? (through external enclosure)
- What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for help!
16 Replies
What you do is disable bitlocker on windows
When restarting ally x hold the volume down button
When your in bios click the bottom button switch to windows or bazzite by selecting and clicking a
i think windows gets really upset when you boot it from an external drive
and im not aware of a way to fix this
I've been able to boot to Windows installations externally before. Bitlocker disabled, fastboot off etc etc. perhaps disable everything first while the original ssd is in your machine?
google something something windows to go
Thanks for the feedback! I guess I’ll have to remove the Bazzite ssd from the Ally X, put back the original SSD with Windows, hopefully it will boot back into it and then disable the thing you suggested from there. Once that is done, swap things back and hopefully now I’ll be able to boot Windows from external enclosure. Will try and report back, thanks!
np
You need to convert the windows install into a windows2go install
Have you tried moving/copying the EFI files?
Update: Did the swiotch, logged into windows, turned of encryption (BitLocker), switch things back... Booted into Windows fom externl enclosure... Good news, I no lnger get the BitLocker code message... Bad news, it goes straight to he blue screen with 😦 face saying there was an error and can't boot. Guess I might have to lingo in Windows To Go thingy someone mentione on Reddit
hmm no, haven't tried this... Could you point me on how to try this? Thanks!
Follow this
Hmmmm upon a closer look EFI does not seem to be the issue
That's the only way
Since you do get Windows BSODs
Windows to go is the only way to fix
Awesome! Will give al look to Windows To Go... Thanks!